Monday, September 01, 2008

We needed a few things for the house so I looked online the other day to see if there was an IKEA nearby. Oh my, was there ever! We decided to wait until payday and then hit it and hit it hard. Saturday was designated IKEA Shopping Extravaganza Day. Guess what time I woke up on Saturday?? Hmmmmm? 4am. I was so excited to be getting some dressers for our rooms and getting the Capt's clothes put away that I couldn't sleep. I had visions of not stepping on his piles anymore....of him having a place to put stuff away in....of finally getting the big closet.

Ladies, how many outfits does one man need?????

Anyway, we took Middle Daughter with us. She is almost 16 and has definite ideas as to how her room should look. We got to the store an hour before it opened, hmmmmmmmmmmm what to do?? My idea of breakfast was seconded and we were off! If you haven't eaten some pancakes at Bob Evans you haven't lived. I got the blueberry stuffed stack with a side of bacon. I smiled the whole time. :) Doesn't take much folks.

After breakfast we went back to IKEA to shop like my momma taught me. I made her proud that day. I don't mean to brag but you know that store where they give the contestant a shopping cart and five minutes to fill it?? Oh int-netz...I would totally kill!! We rolled out of there with two large trolleys and a large shopping cart filled with some furniture...a chair....a desk chair....some organizational wonders....and a few other odds and ends I deemed "new house worthy." When we left the IKEA gods gave me a standing ovation and I think I even saw one wiping away some tears of gratitude. The Capt was a different story. He kept muttering about how someone should've warned him about the whole shopping thing before he married me. I told him to buck up bucky and to take me to Starbucks cause after all that shopping I was feeling a little parched.

Us Trophy Wives get parched easily after a day of breakfasting and shopping.Today we are putting everything together. Let us hope we don't kill each other. :)

Ikea is one of my favorite! shops. I just don't get there very often at all. Now I need to know are you and the Capt and the kids still talking to each other after a day of construction????Oh and brekky sounded Yum!

I love to go there. It's about 45 from here, so with gas prices and all, haven't made the trip in awhile. But it is a field trip to me. So much to explore, and so many things you must have, can't live without, that you didn't even know existed! Next time you go, pick up a bag of their Swedish Meatballs, and a jar of the sauce. Mmmm.